Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad: 5 Talking Points
Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 1-0 at home in their last game of the season to finish the campaign with 93 points in the league. The only goal of the game came through Phillipe Coutinho, as the Brazilian's second-half opener was enough to secure the three points for Barca.
The Blaugrana finish their historic and record-breaking season with 28 wins and just 1 defeat in the league, 14 points clear off second-placed Atletico Madrid as they comfortably secured their seventh La Liga trophy this year in the last 10 seasons.
On the other hand, Real Sociedad has underachieved this season as they finished 11th in the table, with 14 wins and 49 points and, no point of the season looked like real contenders at challenging for the Europa League places.
On that note here is a look at the talking points from the game:
#5 Barcelona defence has a busy outing
It was an active and busy night for the Barcelona back four as they were forced to work hard in the final game of the season by the Real Sociedad attack. The return of Gerard Pique into the starting lineup was crucial, as his veteran leadership helped Barca keeping things tight at the back.
January signing Yerry Mina prospered from the presence of the Spaniard alongside him following a disastrous outing against Levante last weekend. The Colombian made two interceptions and committed just one foul as all the nerves had gone away as Mina was very aware in defence.
Fullbacks Nelson Semedo and Jordi Alba also chipped in with substantial defensive performances, combining with a total of five successful tackles along with providing service in the attacking half of the pitch.
But Pique led from the front, doing everything on the night from putting his body on the line to making last-ditch challenges as clearing the ball the ball out of danger on multiple occasions. The 31-year-old was decisive and accumulated a total of eight clearances as Barcelona kept another clean sheet to cap off another successful season.